A new report claims that retail pre-order sales for Dragon Age: The Veilguard are getting stomped by Nintendo’s upcoming Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom by over a factor of 4.
A screenshot from Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024), BioWare
Craig Skistimas, who owns and hosts the Side Scrollers Podcast YouTube channel, shared that his retail source, who manages over 900 stores informed him that Dragon Age: The Veilguard only has 1,069 pre-order in total while Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has over 4,400 in just the past two weeks.
Skistimas wrote on X, ” FYI, my retail insider says Dragon Age – The Veilguard has 1069 preorders total in their 900+ stores. To put in perspective, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has had over 4,400… in the last two weeks.”
FYI, my retail insider says Dragon Age – The Veilguard has 1069 preorders total in their 900+ stores.
To put in perspective, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has had over 4,400… in the last two weeks. https://t.co/CLjjbdHiU5
— Stuttering Craig (Official) (@StutteringCraig) September 20, 2024
READ: Rumor: ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Retail Pre-Order Sales Are “Piss Poor”
This information follows a rumor from YouTuber Doctor Disaster who shared that his own retail insider informed him sales for the game were “piss poor.”
He said, ““I have an acquaintance in the retail world, someone who runs nine stores that sells video games. And I am hearing that these ratios that we’re seeing in damn near every video released for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, these ratios are correlating with piss poor pre-sales data. People are not connecting with The Veilguard because Dragon Age games are supposed to be dark and gritty and this just looks completely soft.”
This should not come as a surprise. Other metrics indicate that Dragon Age: The Veilguard will have soft sales. SteamDB reports that Dragon Age: The Veilguard sits in 38th place as the most wishlisted Steam game. It’s in 80th place for Top Sellers.
SteamDB’s Most WIshlisted Upcoming Steam Games Chart for Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024), BioWare
As a comparison point, Bandai Namco and Spike Chunsoft’s Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, which goes on sale about two weeks before The Veilguard, is 23rd on SteamDB’s Most Wishlisted Upcoming Games list and is 14th in Top Sellers.
SteamDB’s Most WIshlisted Upcoming Steam Games Chart for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (2024), Spike Chunsoft
On the PlayStation Store, Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Deluxe edition is in the 11th position while the base game is in the 17th position.
A screenshot of the PlayStation Store’s top pre-orders taken on September 20th at 11:14 am ET
What do you make of this report that Dragon Age: The Veilguard retail pre-orders are getting stomped by a factor of over 4 by Nintendo’s Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom?
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